1951. First Edition. 520 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages remain bright and clear. Mild cracking to gutters, with exposed binding. Mild annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Mild tanning to endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable scratching and marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Book has backward lean.